United States Army Medical Command

Injury severity and anatomic patterns in canine occupants involved in vehicular crashes: application of the veterinary abbreviated injury scale

Objective The Veterinary Abbreviated Injury Scale (V-AIS) was created to mirror the human AIS and address a critical gap in retrospective veterinary trauma analysis. Dogs struck by a vehicle or injured inside a vehicle have the highest mortality rates among cases presenting to Ve...

Thermoregulatory and plasma neurobiomarker responses to heat tolerance assessment in exertional heat illness and matched controls

Abstract Exercise in the heat and elevated tissue temperature are associated with neuronal stress and changes in blood–brain barrier (BBB) function. More severe thermal insult may manifest as exertional heat illness (EHI) and complication by central nervous system (CNS) dysfuncti...